Polishing Cloths

A selection of premium polishing cloths for coarse and fine polishing of hard, soft and composite materials. Most cloths are available with plain or PSA backing for easy mounting on the polishing discs. The plain polishing cloths need to be clamped on the polishing discs with a clamping ring. To facilitate this the plain discs are aproximately 2" larger than the polishing discs so the cloth folds over the edge of the disc for clamping. 8" plain polishing cloths are 10" diameter and 10" plain polishing cloths are 12" diameter. The polishing cloths can be used with diamond compound, diamond spray or alumina suspension.

Hard Cloths

Low resilience, (e.g. Woven Nylon)
Used for rough and intermediate polishing

Soft Cloths

High resilience
Low nap (e.g. Rayon pile)
Used for final polishing

Rough Polishing (Hard Cloths)	Nylon Cloth, Adhesive Back	Met-X Cloth, Adhesive Back	Cotton (high grade) Cloth, Plain Back
Intermediate Polishing	Alpha-A Cloth, Plain & Adhesive Back	Alpha-B Cloth, Adhesive Back	Selvyt Cloth, Plain Back
Finishing (Soft Cloths)	NEW Synthetic Velvet Cloth, Adhesive Back	Rayon Velvet Cloth, Plain Back	MultiTex Cloth, Adhesive Back

NOTE: Cloths can be used in more than one stage of the polishing process, and some are included in more than one category. The best cloth for a given polishing step will depend on the particuar process. The table above gives general guidlines, but for any polishing process, some experimentation will be needed.

Rough Polishing/Stiff Cloth for Flatness & High Edge Retention

Woven and nonwoven cloth with very low nap

50x

10x

Nylon Polishing Cloth

Adhesive back for polishing most materials with diamond or alumina while maintaining flatness.

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Description

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816-63

Nylon Polishing Cloth, 8" PSA

pkg/10

$68.20

Qty:

50x

10x

Met-X Polishing Cloth

Adhesive back. Popular first polish cloth for diamond, high cutting rate with good edge retention.

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Description

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816-37

Met-X Polishing Cloth, 8" PSA

pkg/10

$73.70

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816-38

Met-X Polishing Cloth, 10" PSA

pkg/10

108.90

Qty:

50x

Cotton (high grade) Polishing Cloth

Plain back. Natural, low nap first polish cotton cloth used on soft materials with diamond, alumina and oxides.

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Description

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816-92

Cotton (high grade) Cloth, 8" Plain (actual size 10")

pkg/10

$97.90

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Intermediate & General Purpose Polishing Cloths

Cloths for intermediate to final polishing medium

50x

10x

Alpha-A Polishing Cloth

Plain and adhesive back. Popular final polish, low nap cloth used with diamond or alumina for most materials.

Alpha-A Polishing Cloth, Plain and Adhesive Back
Popular final polish, low nap cloth used with diamond or alumina for most materials.

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Description

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816-16

Alpha-A Polishing Cloth, 8" Plain (actual size 10")

pkg/10

$59.40

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816-17

Alpha-A Polishing Cloth, 8" PSA

pkg/10

69.90

Qty:

816-18

Alpha-A Polishing Cloth, 10" Plain (actual size 12")

pkg/10

92.40

Qty:

816-19

Alpha-A Polishing Cloth, 10" PSA

pkg/10

92.40

Qty:

50x

10x

Alpha-B Polishing Cloth

Low nap mylar backed variation of Alpha-A for final polishing of most materials, not used with alcohol thinners.

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816-24

Alpha-B Polishing Cloth, 8" PSA

pkg/10

$59.70

Qty:

50x

10x

Selvyt Polishing Cloth

Plain back. Cotton medium nap used for first and final polishing of metals and ceramics with alumina.

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Description

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816-72

Selvyt Polishing Cloth, Plain, 8" Plain (Actual size 10")

pkg/10

$115.50

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Soft Cloths, Suitable for Intermediate to Final Polishing

50x

10x

NEW Synthetic Velvet Cloth

For intermediate and final polishing. This is an adhesive-backed short nap cloth with thin fabric backing for high quality finishing with minimal relief or edge rounding. Equivalent performance to former South Bay Technologies #PSV08A.

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816-4

Synthetic Velvet Cloth, 8" PSA

pkg/10

$57.20

Qty:

50x

10x

Rayon Velvet Cloth

Plain back. Synthetic rayon velvet for polishing and final polishing soft materials such as gold, lead and tin with alumina.

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816-109

Rayon Velvet Polishing Cloth, 8" Plain (Actual size 10")

pkg/10

$111.30

Qty:

50x

10x

Multi-Tex Cloth

A superior fine polishing cloth with short nap for obtaining an optical quality finish. Compatible with diamond pastes and suspensions, alumina suspensions & colloidal silica. Equivalent performance to former South Bay Technologies #PMT08A.

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Description

Unit

Price

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816-12

MultiTex Cloth, 8", PSA

pkg/10

$210.10

Qty:

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3M™ Adhesive Remover

Powerful replacement for mineral spirits, solvents and other unfriendly cleaners. Ideally suited for removing used grinding/lapping/polishing discs with PSA backing from their support discs. New food-grade citrus-based 3M™ Adhesive Remover is also very effective in removing overspray of any aerosol adhesives, grease, oil, grime, tape residue, tar, wax, etc. A solvent-free formulation that provides wipe-away convenience with no filmy residue. No CFC's.

Active ingredient is listed as GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe) for food contact applications under FDA21 CFR 182.20.

Flammable propellent (propane). Note: Not for sale in California.
I, F - SDS (48KB PDF)

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For Sale in U.S.A. Only

80924-1

3M™ Adhesive Remover, 18.5 oz. can

each

$61.60

Qty:

Hazard Shipping Fees

80924-10

3M™ Adhesive Remover, 18.5 oz. cans

case/6

247.50

Qty:

Hazard Shipping Fees